An opinion piece appeared in El Espectador on 30 December 2021 written by Gustavo Gallon explaining why it is essential that paramilitary boss and commander of the ‘Clan del Golfo‘, Dairo Antonio Úsuga David, alias “Otoniel”, testifies before the Colombian Justice System before being extradited on drugs trafficking charges. The original can be found here....
It is powerfully striking that these events were carried out coincidentally just a couple of days after launching our campaign to reject the implementation of various megaprojects in the territory of the Sierra Nevada de (Gonawindua) Santa Marta, including the Los Besotes dam. The Kankuamo Indigenous People’s Authorities publicly denounce a new attacks against the...
December 2021 VerdadEs: politizar el dolor y las emociones de las mujeres (TruthIs: Politicising Women’s Pain and Emotions) a report presented to the Truth Commission by women from Cauca, Córdoba and Meta departments together with the feminist Colombian organisation Casa de la Mujer. The report is about women’s experiences of multiple forms of violence during...
Two days per week (7 hours per day) £10.89 per hour ABColombia is looking for a dynamic person to work on issues related to human rights and development as part of the ABColombia team. The person should have a commitment to human rights and experience of working or volunteering in an organisation or a degree...
October 18, 2021 goes down in history as the day that a struggle, which began with an individual crime, led to the revindication of the rights of thousands of women victims and survivors of sexual violence and women journalists who leave part of their lives in their profession. said Jineth Bedoya, journalist, victim and...
The rapid spread of the pandemic has been a challenge for the Latin Americana and Caribbean (LAC) region, essential sanitary measures such as regular handwashing and social distancing measures are difficult to for the 230 million vulnerable people in LAC countries according to Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). Many households do not...
OPEN LETTER TO WORLD LEADERS Download Letter here October 2021 Respecting and protecting human rights and protecting the environment are inextricably linked. Yet while Heads ofState from 88 countries have called to end siloed thinking in the Leaders Pledge for Nature, environmental policy-making still too often excludes or sidelines human rights. Today we, the undersigned...
1 October 2021 The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) expressed its serious concern regarding the significant increase in the situations of forced internal displacement in Colombia. Events of massive forced displacement in Colombia increased significantly currently Colombia continues to report the highest number of internally displaced people in the world, a total of 8.3...
Voices from the River Atrato Chocó Chocó department in Colombia is located in the Pacific basin of the “Chocó Biographical Region.” It extends from the Andes mountains to the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. It is one of the most important tropical regions in the world, being a nucleus with a high concentration of...
Communications and Information Officer Please Note that we have extended the deadline to 5pm on Wednesday 6 October 2021 The ABColombia is a project of a coalition of five leading development agencies, CAFOD, Christian Aid UKI, Oxfam GB, SCIAF and Trócaire which engages decision-makers in the UK and Irish governments, the European Union and United...
